Japanese street paper: ‘We are not defeated’
The Big Issue UK 18 March 2011
Vendors are back on the streets of Tokyo selling copies of The Big Issue Japan, as staff vowed to support all street paper vendors affected by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami. (677 Words) - By Staff writer
A woman cries after her mother's body was found in Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture March 18, 2011. The area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/Kyodo
A man walks past a destroyed house as snow falls at a devastated factory area hit by an earthquake and tsunami in Sendai, northern Japan March 16, 2011. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
People ride bicycles past houses destroyed by an earthquake and a tsunami as snow falls in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 17, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo
Big Issue Japan
Tamane Mitsuko, a 60-year-old resident, prays outside her destroyed house in Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture March 21, 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11. REUTERS/Aly Song
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